Areas, up to 35 inches of rain, because this is a massive rain making system, and due to complicated weather patterns, chad can explain, itll probably stall out in texas. Weve lost power to 63,000 homes in this area, thats Corpus Christi, theyve put together a boil order, thats a recaution, with so much water around here, essentially the citys Drinking Water could be contaminated. And the wind are not expected to dramatically die down any time soon. So, the hard shp really is not coming to a end, were shifting to a more difficult phase. Martin, well have chad along in a moment, there are 131 Miles Per Hour winds. How does this compare to the other hurricanes youve covered. You and i have both been out in a lot of them. Time. Because if the water does pile up as is expected, it could cut off not only rescue efforts to come in but Escape Routes to get out. Thats what you saw in new orleans after katrina. This is not a katrina, its a very different circumstance, but the danger is extremel
this is such a dig hurricane it s going to take that long to finally go away. finally we talk about the rainfall numbers. we will see some spots with 20 to 30 inches of rain if the next five days because it s going to rain where it s raining right now and it s going to keep on raining. don. as bad as you thought it was going to be, chad? yes, i think so. i do believe we ve only just gun. this is the first quarter mile of a 26.2 mile run. we are just in it now. this is just the beginning. we haven t gun to see what i consider this is probably going to be a $20 billion storm. one of the meteorologists we talk to all the time. he s fantastic. he said there will be 20 trillion gallons of rain. you cover up the entire state of south carolina with 20 inches of rain, and that s what it s going to be, the size of south